[Novices] WMV attachments

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > > > Is there a simple plugin for Linux that will allow me to play the
> > > > Windows WMV attachments?  Hate to keep having to forward them back to
> > > > myself and then reboot to Win. to see them.
> > > Have you tried any of the video viewers under the multimedia tab? That's
> > > one of the tabs on the start list, and you should be able to find the
> > > players there, if you have them installed.
> > > If you HAVE tried them, which ones have you tried?
> > I haven't tried it but I seem to have Kaffeine installed.  According to
> > the "handbook", it will play WMV files.  Is anyone using it or do I need
> > to import something?
> > Brock
> You may want to try running Kaffeine, and then opening a WMV file. If
> the program is set up properly, it SHOULD play it. If it doesn't, then
> you need to get the proper drivers (called "codecs") to handle WMV
> files.

I've never had a terrible amount of succcess with Xine based players.

SuSe does offer optional 'multimedia packs' that should appear in online
update,  one should make certain these are installed.

> The problem I've had with this in the past is, the Xine package that
> comes with SuSE seems to be stripped of any video capabilities. (Xine is
> the player. Kaffeine's just a "front end" for it) To get video, I've
> wound up rebuilding the package from source and adding the codecs
> myself, but the suggestion to get MPlayer instead might be a better
> option.

The bugger is that many of the codecs for video are encumbered and
therefore cannot be officially redistributed.